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1. world-man n.

Additional spellings: worldman
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A man;—used in emphatic negation; for non world-man, not for any man on earth, not for anyone; (b) a man caught up in secular pursuits, one who is concerned with worldly matters. …

2. ship-man n.

Additional spellings: shipman
42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A sailor, seaman; one skilled in navigation; also, an oarsman [quot.: ?c1475]; shipman(es craft, the art of navigation; shipman(es sterre, the North Star; shipmanes ston, a loadstone; (b) the……

3. tǒun-man n.

Additional spellings: tounman
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A villein or tenant farmer; (b) a town-dweller; (c) toun-man scot, a tax of some sort; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.198]. …

4. stẹ̄resman n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who guides the course of a boat or ship, a helmsman or pilot; also fig.; (b) a representation of a steersman; (c) a ruler; -- also said of God; (d) as surname. …

5. stẹ̄re-man n.

Additional spellings: stereman
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who steers a ship, a helmsman; also fig.; (b) ?as surname [some or all quots. may belong to stẹ̄r(e n.(1)]. …

6. wọ̄de-man n.

Additional spellings: wodeman
28 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One adept at hunting in the woods, a master of woodcraft [2nd quot. may belong to (b)]; wode-man(nes) craft (b) a purveyor of firewood; (c) a member of a primitive or savage tribe or race; a wild……

7. rēdes-man n.

Additional spellings: redesman
5 quotations in 1 sense
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An adviser, a counselor. …

8. wē̆pman n.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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A male human being as distinct from a female, a person of the male sex, a male, man; wepman and womman, wepmen and wommen; wepman kin, wepmonnes kinde, male persons, men. …

9. wǒmman n.

301 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) An adult female human being, a woman; also in fig. context;—also coll.; also, the first woman, Eve; first womman (b) a young woman [quot. ?c1475]; womman maiden, womman yong, womman of yong age,……

10. werk-man n.

Additional spellings: werkman
45 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A laborer, hired worker; also fig. and in fig. context; also, one who performs servile or menial tasks, a servant; commune werk-man (b) a practitioner of a skilled trade, craft, or occupation, a……

11. ward-man n.

Additional spellings: wardman
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A guard, watchman; a jailer; (b) pl. select representatives of a municipal ward, with various administrative powers and responsibilities; (c) the obligation to provide a man for guard service. …

12. yǒng man phr. & n.

36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A man who is young, young man; an adolescent;—often contrasted with olde man; also in proverbs and prov. expressions (b) a man, usu. young, serving as an attendant upon a person of higher rank;……

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